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about the VGA Printer.
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• Your VGA Printer serial number.
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• Complete description of the problem you’re experiencing.
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Table of Contents
User Guide Page 3
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 5
Adding Printers 6
Printing Captured Images 7
About This Document 8
2. Installation and Getting Started 9
VGA Printer Hardware Features 10
VGA Printer Basics 12
Connecting the VGA Printer Device 14
Using the Network Discovery Utility to Find the IP Address
of the VGA Printer Device 16
Logging Into the VGA Printer Web admin interface 18
Troubleshooting 19
If the Network Doesn’t Have a DHCP Server 20
RS-232 Integration 25
3. Printing Basics 27
Adding Printers 27
Printing a Captured Image 33
4. VGA Printer Web admin interface 35
Adding or Changing the Administrator’s Password 36
Configuring the VGA Printer device 37
Configuring the Ethernet Bridge For Use if You Have Only
One Ethernet Connection 40
Using the VGA Printer device as a DHCP Server 45
Changing VGA Printer Sound Volume 46
Configuring VGA2USB Adjustments 46
Rebooting or Restarting the VGA Printer device 50
Maintenance Configuration 50
Web Page Configuration 54
Date and Time Configuration 54
Table of Contents
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Firmware Upgrade 55
System Information 56
5. Advanced Printer Configuration 57
Adding a Printer That the VGA Printer Device Cannot Find
Automatically 57
Deleting a Printer 67
Selecting the Default Printer 68
Controlling Print Jobs 70
Network Protocols Supported By the VGA Printer
device 75
Index 79
1. Introduction
User Guide Page 5
1. Introduction
You can use the VGA Printer device to print any VGA or DVI-A
display to any compatible printer with the push of a button or the
click of a link on a web interface. The VGA Printer device can
easily and cost-effectively capture images displayed on computer
screens, or generated by medical equipment, microscopes and
other specialized imaging products that have VGA or DVI-A
output. While these devices may support printing, none is easier
to set up or more effective than the VGA Printer device.
No special hardware is required just the VGA (or DVI-A) source
and a printer that supports USB 1.1 or 2.0. You can also print to
most network printers. Capturing and printing VGA or DVI-A
images requires the following components:
• A VGA or DVI-A video source to capture images from.
• An Epiphan VGA Printer device that captures images from the
video source and sends them to a printer.
• One or more printers to print captured images.
The VGA Printer device combines an Epiphan Frame Grabber
and a computer in a small appliance. The Frame Grabber captures
images. The computer records images captured by the Frame
Grabber and can send captured images to one or more configured
printers. The printers can be connected directly to the VGA
Printer device with a USB cable or they can be network printers
connected to the same network as the VGA printer.
Note: The VGA Printer Frame Grabber is equivalent to a
VGA2USB or VGA2USB Pro that has been optimized for the VGA
Printer device.
The computer also provides the VGA Printer network setup and
printer configuration settings, and the VGA Printer .Web admin
interface. You use the VGA Printer Web admin interface to
configure the VGA Printer device and to view and print captured
images.
1. Introduction Adding Printers
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Figure 1: VGA Printer components
Configuring and operating the VGA Printer device from the Web
admin interface is simple. You can connect to the Web admin
interface with any web browser and configure settings such as the
VGA Printer network configuration, printer settings, and image
capture optimization.
The VGA Printer device can also get network settings from a
DHCP server if there is a DHCP server on the network.
Adding Printers
In most cases, adding a printer to the VGA Printer device is quick
and easy, especially if the VGA Printer device can automatically
find your printer.
A wide range of printer options, print job settings, and other
functions are available if you require them. But in most cases once
you have used the VGA Printer device to automatically find and
configure a printer you do not have to spend much time working
with the printer configuration.
While there are a lot of settings and options, in most cases you do
not need to use them. However, they are available for advanced
users or if you have special requirements.
Printer
(Print Captured
Images)
Video Source
(Equipment with VGA or
DVI-A Output)
Epiphan
VGA Printer
VGA or
DVI-A
Cable
Connection to printer
(USB or network)
VGA Printer
Admin Interface
1. Introduction Printing Captured Images
User Guide Page 7
The VGA Printer device is compatible with most printers. If you
connect a printer to a VGA Printer USB port or if a network
printer is connected to the same network, the VGA Printer device
can usually find the printer and after a few simple steps you can
be printing captured images to it.
Figure 2: Finding available printers
You can easily add more than one printer to the VGA Printer
device and then select one of them to use. The VGA Printer device
remembers all of the printers that you have configured. This
makes it easy to move the VGA Printer device to different
locations and either add a new printer or print to a previously
added printer.
As well, if you have special printer needs or want to print to a
printer that the VGA Printer device cannot find or does not
automatically support, the VGA Printer device supports
uploading PPD files or creating custom printer configurations.
Printing Captured Images
You can print captured images by pressing the Print button on
the VGA Printer device. You can also print from the Web admin
interface. Finally you can automate print requests using an
RS-232 interface or by using a custom VGA Printer URL.
1. Introduction About This Document
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The VGA Printer device displays the current captured image on
the Web admin interface so that you can preview the image
before you print it. You can also use the VGA Printer Web admin
interface to add annotations to printed images and to adjust
image capture settings and printer settings to optimize the
printed image quality.
The VGA Printer device queues print jobs which means you can
continue to print captured images without having to wait for the
previous print job to finish.
About This Document
This Epiphan VGA Printer User Guide describes how to install the
VGA Printer device and how to use the VGA Printer device to
print captured images. This document also describes VGA Printer
Web admin interface settings, and basic and advanced printer
options.
This Epiphan VGA Printer User Guide describes Firmware Version
3.5.11 of the Epiphan VGA Printer firmware.
This document contains the following chapters:
• Chapter 2. “Installation and Getting Started” on page 9,
describes how to connect the VGA Printer device to a printer,
to a video source, and to a network. It also describes how to
log into the VGA Printer Web admin interface.
• Chapter 3. “Printing Basics” on page 27 describes how to add
a printer, and print a captured image. For many users the
information in chapters 2 and 3 should be all the information
needed.
• Chapter 4. “VGA Printer Web admin interface” on page 35,
describes the Web admin interface options.
• Chapter 5. “Advanced Printer Configuration” on page 57,
describes advanced printing functions such as manually
adding printers, selecting the default printer and working
with print job queues.
• This document concludes with an alphabetical Index.
2. Installation and Getting Started
User Guide Page 9
2. Installation and Getting Started
This chapter describes how to connect and install the VGA Printer
device, add a printer, and print captured images. This chapter
contains the following sections:
• VGA Printer Hardware Features
• VGA Printer Software Features
• Connect and Power on the VGA Printer Device
• VGA Printer Basics
• Connecting the VGA Printer Device
• Using the Network Discovery Utility to Find the IP Address of
the VGA Printer Device
• Logging Into the VGA Printer Web admin interface
• Troubleshooting
• If the Network Doesn’t Have a DHCP Server
• RS-232 Integration
2. Installation and Getting Started VGA Printer Hardware Features
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VGA Printer Hardware Features
The VGA Printer device includes the following hardware
features.
Figure 3: VGA Printer connectors, buttons, and LEDs
Power Connect the AC adapter to the VGA Printer
power connector and to a power outlet.
ETH 1 Primary 10/100/1000 Base-T RJ-45 auto-
sensing Ethernet network port to connect the
device to an Ethernet network.
ETH 2 Secondary 10/100/1000 Base-T RJ-45 auto-
sensing Ethernet network port. This port is
useful for some configurations. See
“Configuring the Ethernet Bridge For Use if
You Have Only One Ethernet Connection” on
page 40 for more information.
Right Side
LEDs
USB VGA
OUT
VGA
IN
USB USBEth 2Eth 1
not
supported
Power
Left Side
Reset
Button
Not
Used
2. Installation and Getting Started VGA Printer Hardware Features
User Guide Page 11
VGA IN To connect a VESA-compatible VGA source to
the VGA Printer device. S
ee the
VGA Printer
technical specifications
on the Epiphan web
site for information about the video input
supported by the
VGA Printer
VGA OUT Not used.
USB ports All VGA Printer devices have multiple USB
2.0 connectors (that also support USB 1.1).
You can send commands to VGA Printer
device by connecting a USB port to an RS-232
control system (using a USB to RS-232
connector). See “RS-232 Integration” on
page 25 for more information.
Reset Button Reset the VGA Printer device to factory
default settings. To use this button, disconnect
power to the device, press and hold the Reset
button as you reconnect the power. The blue
LED lights up. Keep pressing the Reset button
until the blue LED turns off and the Green
LED lights up. Release the Reset button. The
device starts normally but with all settings
returned to factory defaults.
Note: You may have to re-configure the
device’s network settings to reconnect the
device to the network. See “Changing the
VGA Printer IP Address” on page 22 for more
information.
2. Installation and Getting Started VGA Printer Basics
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VGA Printer Basics
To get started, a quick reference of VGA Printer system
requirements and some useful information:
VGA Printer LEDs
LED Activity Description
Power
(PWR)
Red Normal operation, the Frame Grabber is
receiving power.
Off Power is disconnected from the Frame
Grabber.
Capture
(CAP)
Flashing
Amber
The video capture application is running
and has found the Frame Grabber. The
Frame Grabber is capturing images.
On The Frame Grabber is not receiving a
VGA/DVI-A signal, or cannot adjust
video capture parameters.
Status
(STAT)
Off The Frame Grabber is not recognized by
the operating system.
Flashing
Green
Normal operation, the Frame Grabber is
initialized and ready to capture.
Video source Any VESA-compatible VGA or DVI-A source.
Printer
Interface
USB connection and network printers that use
the http, ipp, lpd, or socket protocol. The
VGA Printer device does not support printing
to Windows shared network printers.
2. Installation and Getting Started VGA Printer Basics
User Guide Page 13
Recommended
and Supported
Printers
See the VGA Printer compatible printers page
of the Epiphan Web Site for the up-to-date list
of recommended and supported printers.
PostScript printers are recommended for
fastest printing. You can use the VGA Printer
Web admin interface to easily find and
quickly configure printers.
Note: You can automatically find printers
connected to the VGA Printer device or on the
same network. You must add a printer before
you can print captured images. See
3. “Printing Basics” on page 27.
Web admin
interface
Use the Web admin interface to add printers,
configure the VGA Printer device and print
captured images. To log in, open a web
browser to and browse to:
http://<VGA_Printer_IP_Address>
User Name: admin (no password)
Default Web
admin
interface IP
address and
network mask
IP: 192.168.255.250
Netmask: 255.255.255.252
The VGA Printer device can get an IP address
from a DHCP server on your network if
available. After you connect the VGA Printer
device to your network, check your DHCP
server logs to find the IP address assigned to
the VGA Printer device. If your network does
not have a DHCP server, see “If the Network
Doesn’t Have a DHCP Server” on page 20.
2. Installation and Getting Started Connecting the VGA Printer Device
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Connecting the VGA Printer Device
This section describes how to connect the VGA Printer device to a
VGA or DVI-A video source, a printer, and to your network. Use
the network connection to connect to the VGA Printer Web admin
interface. The VGA Printer device also uses the network
connection to communicate with network printers.
Figure 4 shows VGA Printer connectors, buttons, and LEDs.
Figure 4: Connecting the VGA Printer device
To connect the VGA Printer device you need:
• A VGA or DVI-A video source.
• An IP-based Ethernet network.
• One or more printers the can connect to the network or to a
VGA Printer USB port.
To connect and turn on the VGA Printer device
1 Use a VGA cable to connect the VGA signal output source to
the VGA IN port.
You can connect the VGA Printer device to any VGA source.
If you are connecting to a DVI-A video signal, use a VGA to
DVI-A adapter.
Printer
(Print Captured
Images)
Video Source
(Equipment with VGA or
DVI-A Output)
Epiphan
VGA Printer
VGA or
DVI-A
Cable
Connection to printer
(USB or network)
VGA Printer
Admin Interface
2. Installation and Getting Started Connecting the VGA Printer Device
User Guide Page 15
Figure 5: Connecting a the VGA Printer device to a VGA source
You can use an active VGA splitter to split the VGA signal
between a monitor and the VGA Printer device. Splitting the
VGA signal may reduce the image quality.
2 Use a USB cable to connect a printer directly to any VGA
Printer USB port.
Follow the connection instructions supplied by your printer
manufacturer for connecting your printer (except that you do
not have to install printer drivers on the VGA Printer device.)
3 Use a standard 10/100 Base-T RJ-45 Ethernet cable to connect
the network to the VGA Printer ETH 1 port.
The network must be running the TCP/IP protocol. Ideally
you should be able to connect to the Internet from the VGA
Printer device.
4 Connect the power adapter to the VGA Printer power
connector.
The VGA Printer device powers on and starts up.
5 Power on any printers connected to the VGA Printer device.
6 Start up the VGA source.
VGA IN
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7 Confirm that the VGA Printer device is receiving images from
the VGA source by logging into the VGA Printer Web admin
interface (see “Logging Into the VGA Printer Web admin
interface” on page 18) and confirming that a captured image
appears.
If a captured image does not appear, check the VGA source to
make sure it is transmitting a VGA image. Also check the cable
between the VGA Printer device and the VGA source to make
sure it is connected correctly.
Using the Network Discovery Utility to
Find the IP Address of the VGA Printer
Device
You can use the
Network Discovery Utility on a Windows PC to
find the VGA Printer device and its IP address on the network.
You can also use the Network Discovery Utility to connect to the
Web admin interface.
The
VGA Printer device
must be assigned an IP address on the
network to be able to find and print to network printers. It can get
an IP address from a DHCP server if there is one on the network.
If the network does not have a DHCP server, see “If the Network
Doesn’t Have a DHCP Server” on page 20.
This section assumes that the network has a DHCP server and
that the DHCP server gives the
VGA Printer device
an IP address
on the network.
To install the Network Discovery Utility
1 Find the latest
Network Discovery Utility on an
Epiphan
download page. For example:
http://www.epiphan.com/products/broadcasting/
vga-broadcaster-lite/download/
2 Select Download Network Discovery Utility.
Make sure you note the download destination folder.
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3 Run NetworkDiscovery.exe.
4 Select Search to find the Epiphan devices connected to the
network.
Note: The Network Discovery Utility can only find the Epiphan
devices on the same network as the Windows PC.
If the
VGA Printer device
is operating, has received an IP address
from a DHCP server, and is connected to the network, the
Network Discovery Utility should find it and it should appear on
the Network Discovery Utility display. The Network Discovery
Utility also displays the
VGA Printer
IP address.
You can use this IP address to connect to the Web admin
interface. You can also select Web config to connect to the Web
admin interface.
If the
VGA Printer device
is capturing images, its status should be
Device OK shown with a green indicator.
Note: When you restart the Network Discovery Utility and if it
has already found an Epiphan device, it will show the status as
Detecting and the indicator will be amber. The DHCP server may
have assigned a new IP address; therefore, always select Search
after starting the Network Discovery Utility.
If the Network Discovery Utility cannot find the
VGA Printer
device
, make sure the device is turned on and check the network
connections. If you find and correct the problem, select Search to
refresh the list of devices.
If you still cannot see the
VGA Printer device
, it may not have
gotten an IP address from the DHCP server. Use the information
in “Changing the VGA Printer IP Address” on page 22 to log into
the Web admin interface and manually change the VGA Printer
IP address.
2. Installation and Getting Started Logging Into the VGA Printer Web admin interface
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Logging Into the VGA Printer Web
admin interface
You use the VGA Printer Web admin interface to configure the
VGA Printer device. Log into the VGA Printer Web admin
interface from any web browser. Before you log into the Web
admin interface you need to determine the IP address of the VGA
Printer device.
Note: You can always log into the VGA Printer Web admin
interface by browsing to the default VGA Printer IP address,
which is http://192.168.255.250. To log into the VGA Printer
device using this IP address you must change your PC to use the
static IP address 192.168.255.249 and netmask 255.255.255.252.
Then open a Web browser and browse to http://192.168.255.250.
If the Network has a DHCP Server
The VGA Printer device can get network settings automatically if
the network has a DHCP server. After connecting the VGA
Printer device to the ethernet network, you can use the Network
Discovery Utility or check the DHCP server logs to determine the
IP address given to the VGA Printer device.
To log into the VGA Printer Web admin interface
1 Start a web browser on a PC connected to the same network as
the VGA Printer device.
2 Browse to:
http://<VGA_Printer_IP_address>
3 Enter the following:
User Name: admin
Password: (no password required)
2. Installation and Getting Started Troubleshooting
User Guide Page 19
4 Press Enter.
The VGA Printer Web admin interface appears. Figure 6
shows a sample VGA Printer Web admin interface with an
example captured image. If the VGA Printer device is
connected to an active VGA source, the Web admin interface
shows the current captured image.
Figure 6: VGA Printer Web admin interface (example image)
Troubleshooting
If the VGA Printer device can’t print but the printer is connected
and functioning properly you may need to select a default printer
or add a new printer. Log into the VGA Printer Web admin
interface and if Configure VGA Printer displays the message
Error: printer is not configured! the VGA Printer device cannot
find a printer.
2. Installation and Getting Started If the Network Doesn’t Have a DHCP Server
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• To add a new printer, see “Adding Printers” on page 27.
• To set a printer to be the default printer, see “Selecting the
Default Printer” on page 68.
If a printer is turned off or disconnected, VGA Printer may store
print jobs in that printer’s print queue. When the printer is
connected or turned on again, the stored print jobs will be
printed. After the printer is restarted you may have to go to the
print queue and restart print jobs for them to print. See
“Controlling Print Jobs” on page 70 for information about
viewing and starting print jobs.
If the Network Doesn’t Have a DHCP
Server
If the network doesn't have a DHCP server, to log into the VGA
Printer Web admin interface you need to temporarily change the
network configuration of your PC.
You must also establish an ethernet connection between the VGA
Printer device and your PC. You can do this one of the following
ways:
• Connect the VGA Printer ETH 1 port to the same Ethernet
network as your PC.
• Connect the VGA Printer ETH 1 port to an Ethernet network
switch and connect your PC’s Ethernet port to the same
switch.
• Connect the VGA Printer ETH 1 port directly to your PC’s
Ethernet port using a cross-over cable.
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